False compromise

Name of fallacy

False compromise

Aliases

Middle ground

Type

Inductive Argument, Informal Argument

Description

The recommendation of a position because it is a mean between two extremes

Example

Form

Treatment

Dealt with by denying the usefulness of the principle as a method of discovering the truth. In practice, this can most easily be done by showing that our own view also can be represented as a mean between two extremes.